"I don't date broke guys, it defeats the purpose," says Matlhoko. Letele says: "Some of the working-class women ask for money from their boyfriends or ask for a loan from their friends."

He confesses to styling some of his clients "on a get your weave now, and pay for it later kind of arrangement".

Diva Divine Hair Company marketing manager Leonie Julius says, while they have a steady customer base throughout the year, they tend to experience a considerable upsurge of clientele during the festive season.

The growing trend of wearing the weave has seen more women preferring to have the human hair option as opposed to synthesised hair fibre that is made from plastic.

The Indian Remy, Brazilian and Malaysian extensions are noted as tops.

Statistics on mywage.co.za reveal that the average South African woman earns anything between R3,000 and R20,000, depending on her profession. This shows that at any given time some ladies end up paying a considerable chunk of their salary on getting a weave.

- This article was first published in the printed newspaper on 21 December 2012

these stupid blacks. other nations laugh at us for wanting to be them. why cant that R1000 be better spent at making your own hair look beautiful like other races do instead of buying another persons hair who probably died ages ago of god knows what..we are quite an embarrassment...i wait for the day we will be proud of who and what we are. io do not date these black gals cause you meet one now and wake up with another the next day when that dead haid is gone...sies

they wont even go to the beach or pool to enjoy themselves all because of that hair..u cant even touch your woman on the head all because of that hair. some of you will stink for days all because you wont wash that hair..must ride out the R1000 till the hair is on its last long dead strand..niyanyanyisa

I seriously think 2013 should be a year where these famous noisemakers get decent education for themselves!! They can't be considered role models for anyone except township girls! The only thing any girl aspires for is material things and not education!! SABC production houses must start including tertiary qualifications for any television presenter! Uneducated, unlearned brats are a waste of time, space and matter!! As it is even their beloved Beyonce has no matric!! Beauty without brains!! Squeaky vibrating voice, queen of gyrating moves and no brainier!! Oprah must open up a college for these idiots.... It will be their glamorous ABET!

I'm also for natural african hair. Whatever hairstyle a woman does, it shouldn't interfere with your identity. E.g sometimes from far you'll think you are looking at an indian woman but as you get closer only to find that she's a black african woman. Beauty doesn't have to change you but enhance.

I dont date broke girls, you drive my car I drive yours! I dont want to go and pick a girl from her mom's place to my place, she needs to come to my house herself, the only place I can take her is OR Thambo when she is flying!